# Accident 19800716025759A: Gulstm AA1C, Plain Dealing, LA, July 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1980, 09:20 local time
- Place: Plain Dealing, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9070° N, 93.6992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plain Dealing, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9070&lon=-93.6992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9784U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9784U-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1C
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 15 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800716025759A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT. STRUCK TREES & A LEVEE ON EMERGENCY LANDING. NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW80DA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DA092), Jul 16, 1980: Grum-Amer AA-1C (N9784U), Plain Dealing, LA, destroyed

## Other reports on N9784U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790921024979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790921024979A), Sep 21, 1979: Gulstm AA1C (N9784U), Minden, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control during landing. He claims wind picked up wing and caused him to lose control.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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